Monday, 10 May 2010

Please find below some 3ds Max/Design and Macintosh OSX support information that youmay not be aware of. If your using a Macintosh then Parallels will address your immediate needs for running 3ds Max/Design.

You have two options for running 3ds Max/Design on a Macintosh (Mac).

Option A: Boot Camp

Runs 3ds Max at full native performance under Windows

No access to OSX without reboot

Option B: Parallels for the Mac (PFTM) Runs 3ds Max in a window off OSX

50% or less GPU performance

CPU performance about the same

Please note ‘Parallels’ are now officially supported.

For more information on Parallels/Bootcamp, please visit the Autodesk general FAQ by clicking here(For your reference, this is currently being updating for 2011)